Environmental Politics

The Elgin City Council Wednesday evening is set to discuss paying $30,000 to renew the city's membership in the Metro West Council of Government. The Aurora-based Metro West Council of Government was formed in late 2004, and its current membership includes 34 towns in Kane, DeKalb and Kendall counties that have a combined population of more than 750,000. Dues are based on each town's population. Participating municipalities include Algonquin, Aurora, East Dundee, Gilberts, Hampshire, Sleepy Hollow, St. Charles, South Elgin and West Dundee. Elgin Mayor Dave Kaptain is the current president of the group, through September. Elgin's dues would cover from May through the end of...

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A controversial quarry proposal in Lower Milford Township, stalled for more than a decade by a costly and contentious legal battle, will get a public airing by state environmental officials on June 3.
The Department of Environmental Protection has...

The artificial turf portion of a controversial Lower Macungie park improvement project apparently will be getting more costly, leaving township commissioners with some tough decisions on what to eliminate from this year's work to stay within their $3.3...

Lehigh County Authority is expected to decide by year's end how it will expand its ability to treat increasing amounts of sewage flowing in the western Lehigh County suburbs as the Kline's Island treatment plant in Allentown nears its operating...

The visit from environmental inspectors had the nerve-rattling effect of an IRS audit.
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Northampton Generating Co. has asked state regulators to significantly increase the limit on the amount of lead it can emit into the atmosphere.The company's power plant, at 1 Horwith Drive in Northampton on the border with Allen Township, burns primarily...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will recognize the Bethlehem Area School District for its action against reducing climate change.
Thursday, an EPA representative will visit Spring Garden Elementary School with Superintendent Joseph Roy and...

More than any president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Barack Obama has seen his signature programs blocked or impeded by the courts. In the latest episode, a federal appeals court in New Orleans heard arguments Friday about what to do about his...

A Trenton-based law firm is investigating whether to file a class-action lawsuit against IESI Bethlehem Landfill for a noxious odor Lower Saucon residents believe is emanating from the site.
Residents in the Steel City area received a letter from...

The White House marked Tax Day on Wednesday by reminding taxpayers to go online and use a "taxpayer receipt calculator" to see where their federal tax dollars are going.
"From funding for our schools to funding for our veterans, it's...

The state Department of Environmental Protection sent a letter to Lower Saucon Township, saying it will evaluate IESI Bethlehem Landfill's gas-collection system and ground covering to determine if they could be contributing to an odor residents believe is...

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– A Pennsylvania business group official told federal legislators Tuesday that clear air regulations set to be finalized this summer could cause electricity prices to spike as the state attempts to meet aggressive emissions goals.Rising electric rates...

The recent Your View about new coal-ash rules is well-written but fails to address one of the most important aspects of this subject — the huge effort to eliminate mountains of polluting coal ash from our Pennsylvania landscapes.
We presently have...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An odorless pesticide sprayed at a Caribbean resort has left three members of a Delaware family hospitalized for weeks after they became seriously ill during their Virgin Islands vacation, and federal officials said Tuesday that...

TRENTON, N.J. — Details of New Jersey's proposed $225 million settlement with Exxon Mobil over pollution around refineries in Linden and Bayonne were posted online Monday, starting the clock on a legal process that will stretch into June and giving...

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For the second time in as many years, Pennsylvania's efforts to reduce agricultural pollution damaging the ecological health of Chesapeake Bay have received failing grades.
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Sandra Miller hoped her home in Washington Township would be her sanctuary from the daily stress of her job as an emergency room nurse.
But after she moved in 2004 to the secluded cottage off Route 873 and began to get involved in township affairs,...